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According to a new report, LG’s upcoming flagship and successor to last year’s G6 will likely debut in June. The device is also believed to be packing a much larger screen than its predecessor’s 5.7-inch display.VentureBeat recently reported upon learning from a person familiar with LG’s plans for its next premium handset that the company is working on a device, internally referred to as “Judy.” This smartphone is said to feature a brand new design that would set it apart from early 2017’s G6.Despite being a direct successor to the G6, the device will not debut with the name G7. Part of the changes that LG is implementing this year is the new brands for its flagships. As of writing, it’s still unknown what name LG is using for the G6 ...

Snapchat is one of Facebook’s greatest threats, and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg may be partly to blame. That’s one interesting theory presented in a new book about Snapchat — “How to Turn Down a Billion Dollars: The Snapchat Story” — that came out this week from former TechCrunch writer Billy Gallagher. He was also a few years behind Snap CEO Evan Spiegel at the same Stanford University fraternity. Rewind to late 2012. Snapchat, which was little more than a year old, was struggling to shake a reputation that it was only popular for sending inappropriate photos. Zuckerberg met with Spiegel and expressed interest in buying Snapchat; but when Spiegel declined, Zuckerberg launched a clone of Snapchat, called Poke. And while it was intended to kill Snapc...

President Donald Trump went on a “fake news” Twitter attack over the Russian indictments Saturday, citing a Facebook ad executive who said the Russians’ “main goal” was not to sway the presidential election.Rob Goldman, Facebook vice president of ad sales, tweeted Friday that he believed the primary goal of the Russian operation named in special counsel Robert Mueller’s indictments was to divide Americans, not to influence the election. Goldman said 56 percent of the Facebook ads purchased by the indicted Russians ran after the election, but the press hasn’t covered that because it doesn’t “align with the main media narrative of Trump and the election.”Most of the coverage of Russian meddling involves their ...

In a string of tweets Saturday, President Donald Trump said that, despite the newly announced charges, the Russian meddling had no effect on the outcome of the election. " 'Charges Deal Don A Big Win,' written by Michael Goodwin of the @nypost, succinctly states that 'the Russians had no impact on the election results." There was no Collusion with the Trump Campaign. "She lost the old-fashioned way, by being a terrible candidate. Case closed,'" Trump cited in one tweet. In a separate tweet, the President quoted Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein from when he made the announcement regarding the various indictments on Friday. "Deputy A.G. Rod Rosenstein stated at the News Conference: 'There is no allegation in the indictment that any American was a knowing participant in this illegal ...

It’s been over a year since I last played Rainbow Six Siege for any real length of time, and I regret it. Earlier this week I went to play the upcoming Rainbow Six Siege – Year Three content ($30 season pass on Amazon) at Ubisoft’s offices in San Francisco, and to be honest I’d be hard-pressed to talk about what’s new. A lot has been added since last time I checked in, though from what I gather the standout new Operator is Lion—an attacker whose special gadget is basically a legitimate wallhack. More on that later.Mentioned in this articleTom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege Year 3 Pass [Online Game Code]Not knowing the current meta isn’t what I regret though. I have no big stake in arguments about Operator balance or whatever.What amazes me is that, ...

We have just over one week to go until Samsung finally takes the wraps off its new flagship smartphone duo, the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+. Well to be honest, there aren’t really any “wraps” on either new smartphone anymore. The Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ are two of the most hotly anticipated handsets of 2018, so they’ve been the focus of countless leaks and rumors for nearly six months now. Despite the fact that neither phone has been made official by Samsung, we’ve already known everything there is to know about them for what seems like an eternity. Or at least, we thought we knew everything.The Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+’s release date, specs, price, and key features leaked out ages ago, but it turns out that there are still a few things left unknown. At...

Bayonetta 2 + Bayonetta 1 arrived on the Nintendo Switch today but for some players the download code included for the original game didn’t work. As players began receiving their copies from various retailers, a few were greeted with error messages when they tried to redeem their copy of Bayonetta 1 on the eShop. Reddit threads on the subject started popping up as well as a number of people tweeting about their faulty download codes. Some called Nintendo Support and reported receiving corrected codes via email with the company eventually acknowledging the issue on its Twitter account. “Included with the purchase of a physical copy of Bayonetta 2 is a download code for Bayonetta 1,” Nintendo of America tweeted late Friday evening. “A small number of those codes we...

If you don’t have the day off from work or school, you could be forgiven if you have no idea when Presidents’ Day is. Well, it’s on Monday, and retailers are trying to give people a reason to remember it by offering great tech deals in a number of categories. Best Buy’s Presidents’ Day sale features markdowns on Google Home bundles, 4K TVs, and more. Dell’s deal is bringing prices down on more than 140 products and Microsoft is offering discounts on nearly 100 laptops.George Washington’s birthday isn’t the only one Microsoft is celebrating with discounts. The Surface Pro is officially five years old! For this weekend only, Surface Pro models are on sale for $200 off. You can get multiplemodels starting at $799 until Monday, February 19th. ...